[Here is our sincere call to you all please bring on any other evidence you have which can disqualify the inscription on the Lumbini Ashokan Pillar standing today in Nepal’s Tarai; we personally will happily discredit Lumbini as the birth place of the Buddha. Whether you call it ‘we have risen above the archaeological claims’ or ‘our strength of a historic fact’.]
By B. K. Rana
Now, Mr. Akhil Kumar Sahoo would you please bring on whatever evidence you have on the Buddha birth palace ? If yes, please send it to us we will happily post here. We have nothing to say or ‘fear’ of what evidence says for the birth place of the Buddha. If you have other stronger evidence than the Lumbini Pillar Inscription and surrounding archaeological evidence in Nepal, we personally do not have any problem in accepting ‘Lembai’ of Orissa as the historic Lumbini, the birth place of the Buddha and ‘Kapileshowr’ as Kapilavastu – the Sakya kingdom where the Buddha grew up and which King Biruddhuck destroyed later. Bring it on. It won’t perturb us.
But we have also to tell you that Prof. Nabin K. Sahoo’s book - ‘Buddhism in Orissa (1959)’ has done injustice towards Lumbini. Although, some scholars find serious question raised in the book about the birth place which eventually prompted Chakradhar Mahapatra to write another 'fun reading' type of book ‘The Real Birth Place of Buddha (1977)’ – these are all partisan exercises on which we have already debated and posted in this blog here.
These all stuff are like another futile claim made by a Thai researcher Ekkissaro Waroonsr in his website . We have below posted as it has appeared (without any correction):
1) "The Buddha’s birthplace called “Lumpinivana” locate(d) in Pyinmana town in Mandalay Myanmar
2) "The Buddha’s attain enlightenment place called “Bhoddhakaya” locate(d) at Ban-Pho, Khok-Phochai district, Khon Kaen province, Thailand
3) "The Buddha’s first sermon place called “Eisipattanamaruekkhathayavana” locate(d) at Ban Asoka, Klang-Dong, Pak Chong district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand
4) "The Buddha’s death place called “Kusinaraya” locate(d) at Phrataen Dong-rung, Tha-maka district, Kanchanaburi province, Thailand
And also another Dr. Ranjit Pal who considers Buddhism went out from Iran to other parts of the world so Buddha might have been born somewhere in Iran. A New Perspective in World History
Here is our sincere call to you all please bring on any other evidence you have which can disqualify the inscription on the Lumbini Ashokan Pillar standing today in Nepal’s Tarai; we personally will happily discredit Lumbini as the birth place of the Buddha. Whether you call it ‘we have risen above the archaeological claims’ or ‘our strength of a historic fact’.
The Himalayan Voice Team
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From: Akhil Kumar Sahoo
Date: Fri, May 7, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: TILAURAKOT: THE TRUE AND ONLY CONTENDER FOR KAPILAVASTU
To: The Himalayan Voice
You must rise above this archaeological claim that sustains not your strength of a historic fact but can not live up to the conditions I have put before you from history. All your claims will fade away when I show the spots which are sooner going to be excavated. Come up with live tradition of the Buddha and a culture still vibrating with immense facts of history for all the Buddhas. Here I will show you 45 places where the Chinese Pilgrims stayed.
That may perturb many like you who don’t have sufficient knowledge on history of Buddhism. Digging the earth here may put fresh pressure on you there. But please try to understand the history as it exists from the time of the Budddha.
Akhil Kumar Sahoo
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From: Akhil Kumar Sahoo
Date: Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: ANOTHER 12 PART FILM ON THE BUDDHA FROM ORISSA ?
To: The Himalayan Voice
Why do you fear anyone's findings on the birthplace of the Buddha ? One may belong to any part of the world , but keep your temper low to understand the truth of someone's sayings on the Buddha.
Huen Tsang has said he visited the birthplace, place of Enlightenment and place of relics of the three Buddhas prior to our Sakyamuni Buddha. Even he visited the place where (entire body) relics of Kassyapa Buddha was stored, and these are facts of history. I have shown all these things in my film on Kapilavastu. Have you read the geographical boundaries of the Madhyadesa? I have given it in my film. Similarly do you know anything on the attack of Vidudhaba on Kapilavastu?
Sampaka was the only Sakayans who left Kapilavastu and established the kingdom of Baku Nepal
Akhil Kumar Sahoo,
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COMMENTS ON THE POST
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From: Ram B Chherti
Date: Sun, May 9, 2010 at 5:28 AM
Subject: RE: BRING ON ANY EVIDENCE YOU HAVE TO DISCREDIT LUMBINI ASHOKAN INSCRIPTION
To: himalayanvoice@gmail.com,
Great job, Team ! Thanks a lot for this timely initiative.
Subject: RE: BRING ON ANY EVIDENCE YOU HAVE TO DISCREDIT LUMBINI ASHOKAN INSCRIPTION
To: himalayanvoice@gmail.com,
Great job, Team ! Thanks a lot for this timely initiative.
R B Chhetri,
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From: Bikash Rai
Date:Sat, May 8, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Subject: Museum has wrong information about 'Buddha'
To: himalayanvoice@gmail.com
Dear Himalayan Voice Team,
Date:
Subject: Museum has wrong information about 'Buddha'
To: himalayanvoice@gmail.com
Dear Himalayan Voice Team,
You are doing great job. Keep it up. Last winter, I visited the Worcester Art Museum in Worcester Massachusetts. I was surprised when I saw a description about 'Buddha' that he was from India
I think, we have to visit museums and have to write them the truth.
I think, we have to visit museums and have to write them the truth.
